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The Gut Commensal Microbiome of

Rama K Simhadri, Eva M Fast, Rong Guo, Michaela J Schultz, Natalie Vaisman, Luis Ortiz, Joanna Bybee, Barton E Slatko, Horacio M Frydman

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Article in mSphere. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rama K SimhadriDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1480-6710
Eva M FastDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Rong GuoDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Michaela J SchultzDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5054-8029
Natalie VaismanDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Luis OrtizDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Joanna BybeeGenome Biology Division, New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA.
Barton E SlatkoGenome Biology Division, New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA.
Horacio M FrydmanDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0191-7948
New England Biolabs (United States) · USBoston University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endosymbiotic

Indexed as

Drosophila microbiomegut microbiomesymbiosisWolbachia

Identifiers

PMID28932814
PMCPMC5597968
OpenAlexW2754511195

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